"Getting With It?"

A "Scooby-Doo" Fan-Fiction

Part 13 - "In the News"

by Dr. Thinker

[From Crystal Cove Lighthouse – Crystal Cove's local newspaper]

Fishy Discover On Beach

Recently, a few Covians has discover foot prints on the sand of the beach. They are few possible on the identity of the footprints. Most believe it's alligator who accidentally got lost in the rivers of American or from neighbor city, Gatorburg. If that second one is right – that got the oldest living thing in the world.

But some has problem has issues with the above. They believe it might be a mermaid. The mermaid is fictional character that is half man and half fish – not half alligator. Though it could this could explain why mermaid sighting are up around the world.

=SD=

Donna placed by the latest newspaper down. She remarked, "Well, it's not a bad or great start – it's just a start."

Dannica stated, "Playing a monster?"

Donna stated, "Right on, Living Gargoyle."

Dannica laughed at the fake monster she used to escape her model fast track despite the Mystery Inc. meddling in – so did the other members of Mystery Inc. In fact, the gang's been hired by Donna "Shy Blake" to teach how to become a monster to bait problem to her city of Crystal Cove. Shaggy had come up with a mermaid which had evolved to Donna's fictional identity of Midia. She just had past the final exam two days ago by getting the Pearl Emerald from a sunken ship.

Dannica stated, "They still one thing that puzzle mean on your being the Living Gargoyle. Tony Stickfinger said that you were kidnapped by the Living Gargoyle."

Dannica said matter-of-factually, "Guy L'Averton was the Living Gargoyle at that point. Earlier when my model career was going slower. I took acting lessons – so I could scream a good scream."

Donna stated, "How did you get the idea for the Living Gargoyle?"

Dannica stated, "It started three months before that Tony Stickfinger's Rehearsal While disguise as Uncle Julius, I was picking up a local newspaper and a few model magazines for my agent. The local n newspaper remarked that a thunderstorm had knock one of the gargoyle off Notre Dome. At that time, Tony Stickfinger told me that I will enter on hang-glider with Guy L'Averton. So the next few months, I took hang-glider lessons. During one of the lessons, I accidentally landed on the roof. The person remarked I look like a gargoyle about to strike."

Donna asked "How sure you sure that Mystery Inc. wasn't going to make appearance?"

Dannica stated, "100 percent. I called William Blake III. He told me that Daphne hasn't left the city in ages – and Guy L'Averton called Mystery Inc's headquarters few day later to learn that were puzzling out a mystery in the Ocean City, Washington – a.k.a Coolville, USA. Meanwhile, my parents had brought some used hazards suits from the Scooby Snacks Factory that had Scooby Snack batter on them."

The Mystery Inc. recall the time of the Scooby Snack Monster that Penelope Bailey used to protect he Scooby Snack recipe. While Shaggy and Scooby-Doo went off to get their fill of Scooby Snacks, the other members solve another the problem with who hired Trudy Love to spy on the factory: the owner Ernest Bailey. Mr. Meister realized that he over-protected the recipe a little bit too much.

Dannica stated, "We found a limestone quarry not to far from Paris, France. We created two costumes – one to fit over the hazard suit and one with out the hazard suit – so that way Living Gargoyle could kidnapped me. While disguise as Uncle Julian, I saw you guys arrive and talk to both Stickfinger and Bjork. After giving Guy a purple shirt, I used my hazard suit gargoyle to give Shaggy and Scooby-Doo a hair-arsing flight over Paris. That why I wasn't harm when Shaggy and Scooby-Doo used a train against the gargoyle. When Daphne set up disguise as me, I borrowed Guy's gargoyle costume to save Daphne from that Sony. Daphne unmasked me but I wasn't in too much trouble with Tony Stickfinger – my model agent remarked – if decide to quit model again, she wanted to tell her about it – she almost had a heart attack when she heard about my kidnapping."

=SD=

The private golf course for some of the reminder of the rich people that once live in Crystal Cove had a visitor – not to steal or even play a 18 holes – just a walk out of a lake and on to the golf course. The visitor was Midia.

Midia walked slowly across. She thought to herself – "I wonder what the newspaper we call this."

=SD=

[From Crystal Cove Lighthouse – Crystal Cove's local newspaper.]

A Siren Course

Today, when people was visiting Golden Lake Pro Golf Course to do their golfing. They found same mysterious tracks that was the beach. Exampling the security camera reveal that the creature is a half man and half-alligator.

More people are starting to believe that it's really a mermaid. The alligator bottom explains both the fish and human legends on mermaid – and have alligator bottom solves the mermaid problem – which the adults will get.

=SD=

Donna asked, "What are you guys laughing at?"

Shaggy remarked, "Like, a headline of a pun."

Donna stated, "What kind of pun?"

Shaggy stated, "A Siren Course."

Donna starting laugh.

Freddie asked, "What's the mermaid problem?"

Daphne yanked Freddie by his feet up to upstairs bathroom. By the time, Freddie was back – he looked he meet the real monster version of: The Black Knight, the Scooby-Snack Monster, the No Face Zombie, the 30,000 Volt Ghost, The Frozen Friend, and the Demon Shark in the darkest alley in the world at the twelfth stroke of midnight. Freddie faints.

Daphne stated, "He will recover in a hour or so. "

Velma stated, "I can't believe you make him faint. You know what happens when one member – not counting Scoobert, Scoobina, or Shaggy."

Donna asked, "What do you mean?"

Velma stated, "Personality changes – sometime that includes voice changes. Though we kept our memories – and I kept my brain-dead self when I'm not wearing my glasses."

Donna nodded with the look of the understandable on her face.

=SD=

The rest of day was exploring a new tunnel that Velma had found. The new tunnel led to a damaged lighthouse from pre-World War I. It was pretty by the most crowed beach in Crystal Cove – Crystal Beach.

Freddie stated, "I got a idea that make a noon appearance for Midia."

Donna, Freddie, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and Daphne huddled and everyone like the plan.

=SD=

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo was fishing at the pier, while Daphne was getting a suntan while Velma was reading a new book. They hooked a big one – and a strange creature fly though the sight and landed by Daphne and Velma. By the town the beach goers got there – Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo were circling a half-woman and half-alligator-like creature.

Daphne stated, "This is Midia". She paused to point to the half-woman and half-alligator-like creature. "She is mermaid."

One of the beach goers – a male asked, "Isn't a mermaid suppose to half-man and half-fish?"

Another one of the beach goer remarked, "Yes. But this explains two things. How mermaid sighting are up despite the usual picture of them in the human mind and this explains both type of mermaid."

A strange gothic dressed name remarked, "Something smells as bad as a year old cheese or Scooby-Snacks. And I when I find out what is in the world is going on. – I'm going to get Annoy, Irk and Vamp here."

Midia stated, "I am 400% real."

=SD=

Daphne asked, "Who was that gothic trouble maker?"

Donna replied as she remove the fish hook used to the gang to reel her Midia identity on the beach from Midia's fake fang. "Messila 'Moonface' Mothstone, the one of the most annoying troublemaker in the city. And she can ease get Annoy, Irk and Vamp anytime."

Shaggy asked, "Don't tell me they live here?"

Donna stated, "They do – or at least on the out skirts. Sheriff Stone is always getting annoyed by them and their damages – both human and buildings – but smiles evilly when ever they end up injured or sick."

Shaggy replied, "I told you not to tell me that."

Donna stated, "You did – but it was for the other members of Mystery Inc."

Mystery Inc. laughed for a bit.

Velma stated, "We just kept one eye right for them." She scanned the article and reported that Mayor Timothy Joggers wanted proof – and the only proof he wants Pearl Emerald."

=SD=

Midia arrived at City Hall with a bag. She was lead to Mayor Timothy Jogger who asked her to hand over the Pearl Emerald. She took it out the Pearl Emerald – and hand it over to Mayor Timothy Jogger.

Mayor Timothy Jogger put in back in the bag and he and Midia walked the bag to the Crystal Cove Bank and placed in it bank's special vault.

=TBC=